Firefox is entering its last stages before release, and we need to make sure the knowledge base is useful when Firefox 3 is released. With over 200 articles and growing, updating the knowledge base isn't going to happen over night. In fact, "Firefox 3" is already among the top search phrases on the Firefox Support web site.

We need to start updating articles for Firefox 3 now. Firefox 3 is late enough in development that we can be confident the information we add now will be accurate when Firefox 3 is finally released. There are a number of areas that need updating:

New articles

• Page Zoom (replaces text zoom) (bug 428224)
• Places (inserted into Bookmarks article)
• Smart Location Bar (awesome bar) (bug 430678)
• Site Identity Button (bug 435961)
• Smart Bookmarks folders (bug 433821)
• Bookmark Tags (bug 437862)
• Mozilla Crash Reporter/Breakpad (replaces Quality Feedback Agent ) (bug 427930)
• Page Info Window

Articles that need updating

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For adding Firefox 3 content, use the SHOWFOR tag.

If you find any more articles that need updating for Firefox 3, please add a comment.

• Options Window
• Tabbed browsing(wait until translators are done)
  • Tabs field in the add bookmark dialog
  • you can scroll the tabbar
  • prompts to save tabs on exit
• Unable to download or save files
  • downloads file has different name
• How to make Firefox the default browser
  • check now is now in options>Advanced
• Menu Reference (bug 407891)
  • text size is now Zoom
  • Show all history
  • show in sidebar is removed
  • addons manager takes care of plugins
• Managing file types
  • may need to be split, because the applications panel covers this
• Search bar
  • search manager includes keywords
  • search bar is resizable
  • Wikipedia added to pre-installed engines
• Live Bookmarks
  • organize is now show all bookmarks called places organizer
  • add live bookmark is not in the organizer anymore
• Importing Internet Explorer Favorites from another computer
  • called place organizer
  • has an import toolbar button
• Navigation Toolbar items
  • location bar is different
• Passwords
  • remember password prompt is now a bar
  • button is renamed to "Saved passwords"
• Shortcuts? (replaced with Keyboard shortcuts and Mouse shortcuts )
  • still needs testing in Firefox3
• Chrome registration failed
  • add-ons window has a restart button
• Lost Bookmarks
  • new method of restoring backups, at least
• Uninstalling Firefox
  • new option to remove user profiles (bug 398434)
• Customizing Firefox with add-ons
  • add-ons manager now has an AMO browser built in
  • Plug-ins are now in the add-ons window
• Safe Mode(content block updated)
  • You can now open in safe mode on Mac, by holding Option
• Installing Firefox on Mac(will be updated at time of release)
  • Applications folder is available in the disk image.
• Recovering important data from an old profile
  • File names have changed

About:config warning

The about:config window now shows a warning screen "I'll be careful, I promise!" We need to look for all instances in the knowledge base, in which there are instructions to use about:config, and include a note about the warning screen.

Use content label: {content label=aboutconfig}